WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, today voted to authorize two sets of subpoenas. The first seeks documents regarding the Trump administration child separation policy and conditions on our southwestern border. The second set are subpoenas for President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and nine others who may have been witnesses to the President’s obstruction of justice or abuse of power. The committee vote was 21-12.

During the debate over issuing the subpoenas, Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

“They are direct witnesses of possibly obstruction of justice. Therefore, they need to be subpoenaed, they need to be here, and they need to have as much time as possible…. It is so important that we get the best witnesses, the direct evidence…”